Perth congestion traffic

The Federal Government aims to bust congestion on major freeways and local pinch points in Perth with a $96 million congestion-busting package.

The infrastructure overhaul includes upgrading three road bottlenecks at Hazelmere, Alkimos and Kewdale; further widening of the Kwinana and Mitchell Freeways and Smart Freeway infrastructure; and funding toward construction of a train station at Lakelands on the Mandurah Line.

Funded projects include:

  • $20 million toward extending Lloyd Street in Hazelmere to ease congestion caused by limited freight access to the industrial areas of Hazelmere and Midlands.
  • $13.25 million toward upgrading a three-kilometre stretch of Abernethy Road to tackle congestion caused by population growth and more heavy vehicles servicing nearby industrial areas in Kewdale.
  • $10 million toward construction of Lakelands Station on the Mandurah Rail Line, filling a 23-kilometre gap in the urban rail network in order to ease pressure on the city’s roads.
  • $2.5 million to bust congestion at the Shorehaven Boulevard/Marmion Avenue intersection at Alkimos, improving peak-period travel times and safety for Perth’s growing northern suburbs.
  • $50 million to roll out the next section of widening of the Kwinana and Mitchell Freeways and to implement Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) to monitor and control traffic flows.

Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population Alan Tudge said congestion was a growing problem across Perth and the Morrison Government’s Urban Congestion Fund would deliver a solution.

Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, said the Federal Government was investing in public transport infrastructure and removing pinch points and bottlenecks to make a real difference to the lives of people living in fast-growing suburbs.

The projects are funded through the Federal Government’s $1 billion Urban Congestion Fund.

Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population, Alan Tudge, said the Fund is designed to eliminate congestion issues where they are hurting the most— not only the major freeways but the local pinch points which can provide daily headaches to commuters.

The funding injection builds on the Government’s $11.2 billion commitment between 2013–14 and 2027–28 toward transport projects across Western Australia.

This includes $2.3 billion for METRONET projects, a $944 million investment in the Perth Congestion Package, and $560 million toward Stage 2 and 3 of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road.

Mr Tudge said the investment in the Kwinana and Mitchell Freeways would build on the Government’s existing commitment to widen and implement ITS on the Kwinana Freeway between Canning Highway and Narrows Bridge, which is currently underway.

“These investments are about managing the flow of vehicles onto, through and out of the freeway corridors to maximise the network’s performance,” Mr Tudge said.

Other key projects supported by the Federal Government include various METRONET projects, upgrading the Tonkin Highway, extending the Mitchell Freeway and widening the Kwinana Freeway.

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